Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-26
18.
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

are mostly Indians. The chief offices
in the city are occupied by red men,
who take as much interest in such af-
fairs as their white brethren in neigh
boring cities.
A man at Carlisle, Pa, wrote a
love-letter to a married woman twenty
seven years ago, and her husband has
blackmailed him out of three hundred
dollars per year ever since. 1t is more
prudent to send your love through the
telephone.
Utica has dog that has been dis
covered going from house to house
each morning, after the milkman has
made his rounds, lifting the cover from
the newly filled pals, and drinking
milk until he could drink no more
Utica (M ~ Herald.
In Ontario, where all single women
and widows with the requisite property
qualification can vote at municipal cleo
tions, one young lady was SO enthusi-
astic in support of the mayor that she
postponed her wedding in order that
she might be able to help to vote him
into office.
1t is curious thing in connection
with Tony Barrios' presence at West
Point that young Zarala, son of the
man who overthrew and caused the
death of President Barrios, of Guate-
mala, should also be at West Point and
classmate of Tony's. The two young
men naturally have nothing to say to
each other.-N. Y. Tribune.
1t is predicted that the 'Star Of
Bethlehem will appear this year for
the sixth time since the birth Of Christ.
This star is said to appear directly north
of the North Star, and to be visible III
its dazzling light at MONDAY. IL is a
solar orb, many times the magnitude
of our sun, whose orbit is yet uncalcu-
lated by any Chicag6
Times.
An amusing instance of how book
agent cleaned out an entire school is
reported from Celina, 0. The bore
called to see the superintendent, and
not finding him rang the first bell that
came handy. 1t happened to be the
fre-gong, and the six hundred we'll
trained pupils arose and marched out of
the building. The book agent was sub
sequently fired out himself -C CtcUcla1s1
Leader.
According to book recently pub
lished by an English organist, cow
lows in a perfect fifth and octave or
tenth; dog barks in fifth or fourth;
a donkey brays in perfect octave;
horse neighs in a descent on the chro-
matte scale. Each person has his
fundamental key in which he generally
speaks, but which he often transposes
in sympathy to other voices, or when
he is excited.
The carrier-pigcon service of Paris
is almost as completely organized as il
the telegraph system, for missives can
be sent by the winged messengers TO
neighboring forts and towns and even
to distant places in the provinces. The
staff numbers twenty-five hundred
trained birds. The Parisians. during
the terrible days of the last siege,
learned the value of the pigeon post
and the lesson has not been forgQttcn.
The New Orleans Christian AdUo-
cate complains as follows: Brethren
who have not the time to write us
four-line marriage notice within the
month they happen, but wait until the
end Of the year and then send us
bunch of them without either correct
dates or names, must explain to their
people that this is the reason why they
are not published. The same with
obituaries We want news. In one
case couple were divorced before the
notice of their marriage was received" !"
An inventor took bomb into the
Patent Office at Washington the other
day and deposited it on one of the
tables with the remark that it would
explode as soon as it was placed in
water. AS soon as he left the Office
one of the clerks concluded to expert
,nent, and procured pail of water for
the purpose. No sooner was the bomb
ducked than it exploded with terrific
effect, blowing the pail in dozens Of
pieces, and splashing the water over
every foot of space in the room. After
the occupants had wiped the water
from their faces, and shook their cloth
ing little, a resolution was adopted
by them never again to be curious
about strange inventions Washington
Post.
For several months past c. E. Me-
Dermott and his father, of Jefferson
vile, KY, have been courting, un-
known to each other, the handsome
daughter of a wealthy Scott County
farmer. The father, it was thought,
had proved the successful suitor, and
st. Valentines day had been chosen
for the nuptials. The son. however,
knew nothing Of the arrangement un-
til his father took him into his conf
dence Wednesday last. He sought an
interview with the girl and discovered